The new primary school curriculum will focus more on foreign languages, science, and technology, while reducing time spent on religion.

Breaks: 50 minutes Recreation: 2 hour 30 minutes Source: NCCA Primary Curriculum Framework Note: The times, above, are for third to sixth class in an English-medium primary school.

The National Curriculum Review was released this week, with the reviewers calling for a greater focus on “Western” literature in the English classroom. As former high school and primary ...

He said primary school teachers in Australia were free to use texts that included audio and video — the kind of content they might find online — rather than just sticking to books.